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Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

mar_the_star's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious

5.0

o_pixel's review against another edition

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dark reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

lbatch's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Whatttttt why was this so good. The first 1/3 (which I read over the course of a few days) was like wow this is great, I love to see a queer Dickensian bildungsran, but like, 4 star great. And then I got to the end of Part One, gasped, and devoured the rest as quickly as possible.

creepycrawlybookworm's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

favoritefi's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

So many words! This was a good book that could have been great if it was 100 pages shorter. 

kiranh's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

aldouslowell's review against another edition

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It was a slog, mostly due to the writing style; it was too sparse to be interesting yet too dense to be a breeze. 

oliviakateamerica's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

cleighb's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

jdubbz's review against another edition

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5.0

Absolutely brilliant book , the structure is masterful in keeping you reading and waiting to see what happens next. The development of the 2 main characters is fantastic.